Microsoft & Epic Games har i dag afsløret en anden mini-udvidelse til Gears of War 3. Med titlen “RAAM’s Shadow” får du ca. tre timers spilletid i campaign mode mere. Som navnet også antyder, har Epic benyttet lejligheden til at genintroducere en række Gears-figurer og handlingen i RAAM’s Shadow udspiller sig således før det første spil i serien. Udvidelsen byder også på seks multiplayer-karakterer mere, et “chokolade våbensæt” samt yderligere 250 Point til din Gamerscore. Allerede den 1. november vil du dog kunne fornøje dig med den første mini-udvidelse, Horde Command Pack. RAAM’s Shadow vil du kunne købe for 1.200 MS Point den 13. december. Vi har inkluderet et uddrag af pressemeddelelsen herunder.

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London 20th October 2011 – Microsoft and Epic Games announced “RAAM’s Shadow,” the new campaign experience for the award-winning blockbuster, “Gears of War 3.” Starring a cast of characters both new and eerily familiar to the series, “RAAM’s Shadow” will deliver more than three hours of gameplay set in a storyline that precedes the events of the first “Gears of War,” as well as six new multiplayer characters, the Chocolate Weapon Set and an additional 250 Gamerscore. “RAAM’s Shadow” will launch 13th December for 1,200 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, marking the second major game add-on for this year’s critically-acclaimed blockbuster, “Gears of War 3.”

“When we announced the ‘Gears 3’ Season Pass, we immediately started getting hundreds of questions from fans about what the game add-ons would be,” said Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski. “We’re really excited to be lifting the curtain on the first two releases, first with the ‘Horde Command Pack’ and now with ‘RAAM’s Shadow,’ which gives fans a new perspective on the ‘Gears’ universe and is also the biggest DLC release we’ve ever made.”

“RAAM’s Shadow” drops players into the events of Sera post-Emergence Day, as Zeta Squad is enlisted to evacuate Ilima City and protect the citizens against a Locust Kryll storm. Taking on the infamous Locust leader from “Gears 1,” General RAAM, Zeta is led by Michael Barrick (from “Gears of War” comics fame) and comprised of familiar faces such as Lt. Minh Young Kim (“Gears 1”) and Tai Kaliso (“Gears 2”), and also includes a new female comrade, Alicia Valera.

In addition to fighting as a new squad of Gears, players will step into the boots of RAAM himself, and for the first time storm the human stronghold from the perspective of one of the series’ most legendary bosses.

“RAAM’s imposing size and strength, along with his Kryll shield, make him one of the most powerful and daunting foes in the ‘Gears’ universe,” said Bleszinski. “We think fans are going to have a blast unleashing hell upon the poor humans for the first time in a campaign setting.”

6 KOMMENTARER

  1. RAAM, nok en af de mest syge og broken boss fights in gaming history.

    Jeg er glad for at de endelig fik lidt styr på deres boss fights til sidst. Men det tog dem også hele 2 spil før de t lykkedes bare lidt.

  2. Jeg giver dig ret i, at RAAM-kampen var tåbeligt svær og i det hele taget ikke ret godt konstrueret, men jeg synes da bosserne i toeren var udmærkede. Nu er jeg ikke hardcore-fan men husker da ikke nogen problemer i samme stil som RAAM.

  3. RAAM var da ikke vildt svær når man bare lige havde taget på ham. Altså jo på den sværeste var du umuligt hvis ikke man spillede coop.

  4. #2 Boss fights var knap så ubalanceret i 2eren som i 1eren. Her var Raam total imba, imens corpseren var latterlig let.

    Men jeg hadet stadig virkeligt boss fights i 2eren. De var bare ikke sjove og mange gange virkede det stadig alt for tilfældigt når man døde på insane.